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package com.bff.gaia.unified.sdk.coders;



import com.bff.gaia.unified.sdk.values.TypeDescriptor;



import java.util.List;



/**

 * A {@link CoderProvider} provides {@link Coder}s.

 *

 * <p>It may operate on a parameterized type, such as {@link List}, in which case the {@link

 * #coderFor} method accepts a list of coders to use for the type parameters.

 */

public abstract class CoderProvider {



  /**

   * Returns a {@code Coder<T>} to use for values of a particular type, given the Coders for each of

   * the type's generic parameter types.

   *

   * <p>Throws {@link CannotProvideCoderException} if this {@link CoderProvider} cannot provide a

   * coder for this type and components.

   */

  public abstract <T> Coder<T> coderFor(

	  TypeDescriptor<T> typeDescriptor, List<? extends Coder<?>> componentCoders)

      throws CannotProvideCoderException;

}